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*Official* CW XI in Sri Lanka Tour Thread
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lord_of_darkness
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Good Luck to Everyone selected.. its going to be a very tough short tour no doubt.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Didn't that involve a Cloete 270?Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Oh well. Looking forward to a close and competitive series, hopefully we can upset those ****y Sri Lankans
kears_falcon_9
International Debutant
Good luck boys hope all goes well.
Robertinho
Cricketer Of The Year
Isn't the highest FC score by a CWer 243* by Bugsy?Samuel_Vimes said:Didn't that involve a Cloete 270?
Oh well. Looking forward to a close and competitive series, hopefully we can upset those ****y Sri Lankans
Robertinho
Cricketer Of The Year
I always thought that tests counted as FC games. Well well. May have to check that out
David
International 12th Man
I realistically think we can win this series 2-0. We've beaten them in tests before, we'll do it again, we've got the squad to do it twice in the one series, and three times in a row, having won our last test against the Sri Lankans, if I recall correctly.Robertinho said:
Robertinho
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By the way Cloete, it was 240 
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CW XI Squad for Warmup
PE Young
H Moerk (wk)
BJ Goff (C)
AP Cloete
CR Butler
MJ Robbins
TC Halsey
DP Richards
XPA Rose
DM Kennett
KS Wright
12th Man: SG Fitzsimmons
We're going with the top 6 who will almost certainly start in the first Test match, whilst playing 5 bowlers to assess what our attack will look like. Essentially Kennett vs Rose for the second seamer spot and Halsey vs Richards for the second spinner spot. Wright gets the chance to acclimatize himself.
Pending the performance of the bowling attack in this match, the team with will likely be strengthened with the inclusion of either allrounder Camps or batsman Fitzsimmons.
PE Young
H Moerk (wk)
BJ Goff (C)
AP Cloete
CR Butler
MJ Robbins
TC Halsey
DP Richards
XPA Rose
DM Kennett
KS Wright
12th Man: SG Fitzsimmons
We're going with the top 6 who will almost certainly start in the first Test match, whilst playing 5 bowlers to assess what our attack will look like. Essentially Kennett vs Rose for the second seamer spot and Halsey vs Richards for the second spinner spot. Wright gets the chance to acclimatize himself.
Pending the performance of the bowling attack in this match, the team with will likely be strengthened with the inclusion of either allrounder Camps or batsman Fitzsimmons.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
What about 3 spinners?
Me batting at 7?!
Me batting at 7?!
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Sri Lanka Cricket XI
MS Atapattu
WU Tharanga
KC Sangakkara (wk)
DPMD Jayawardene
TT Samaraweera
GT de Silva
KS Lokuarachchi
HMRKB Herath
MTT Mirando
PS Jayaprakashdaran
RACG Jayaweera
MS Atapattu
WU Tharanga
KC Sangakkara (wk)
DPMD Jayawardene
TT Samaraweera
GT de Silva
KS Lokuarachchi
HMRKB Herath
MTT Mirando
PS Jayaprakashdaran
RACG Jayaweera
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
You'd think Atapattu, seeing as he skippers the Test side!Jamee999 said:
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I look forward to spending four days on a combination of a) Sri Lankan beaches, b) net practice to work on my batting, c) my slider and d) perfecting rudimentary Sinhalese and Tamil in order to i) sledge, ii) understand sledges and iii) avoid match fee fineage.
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You have a slider?
lord_of_darkness
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He means practising his skateboard'in skills
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Webheads Impress At Colombo
A strong showing by the Cricket Web XI was not enough to force victory in the 3-day match against the Sri Lanka Cricket XI. However, the XI was dominant throughout most of the match and had the hosts struggling at 130/6 chasing 282 for victory when the match came to a close.
Batting first after winning the toss, both Webhead openers were out cheaply, in a match where opening batsmen struggled for the most part. Skipper Brendon Goff and Andrew Cloete were positive in their response to the crisis, hitting brisk fifties. Following suit, Chris Butler hit his first of two half-centuries in the match, and Robbins was carefree for a breezy 82. Dave Richards (48) contributed nicely, and the CW XI ended on 352 all out.
The session in the field got off to an unbelievable start, as Wright trapped Atapattu LBW for a duck with his 3rd delivery. Kennett followed up with 3 quick wickets and the score was soon 7/4. A classy hundred from Kumar Sangakkara saved the day, however, as the Sri Lanka Cricket XI reached 207 all out.
Facing just a few overs before stumps on the second day, CW posed some very indecisive cricket with the bat, losing 4 wickets and seeing Goff and Butler dropped to end at 35/4. Butler soldiered on through the morning session of the final day, fighting his way back into form. A declaration came at 136/7, and 57 overs remained for the home team to chase 282.
A steady opening stand of 57 set back the Webheads initially, but the breakthrough of Halsey (the first of 3 wickets) fairly opened the floodgates until the close.
A strong showing by the Cricket Web XI was not enough to force victory in the 3-day match against the Sri Lanka Cricket XI. However, the XI was dominant throughout most of the match and had the hosts struggling at 130/6 chasing 282 for victory when the match came to a close.
Batting first after winning the toss, both Webhead openers were out cheaply, in a match where opening batsmen struggled for the most part. Skipper Brendon Goff and Andrew Cloete were positive in their response to the crisis, hitting brisk fifties. Following suit, Chris Butler hit his first of two half-centuries in the match, and Robbins was carefree for a breezy 82. Dave Richards (48) contributed nicely, and the CW XI ended on 352 all out.
The session in the field got off to an unbelievable start, as Wright trapped Atapattu LBW for a duck with his 3rd delivery. Kennett followed up with 3 quick wickets and the score was soon 7/4. A classy hundred from Kumar Sangakkara saved the day, however, as the Sri Lanka Cricket XI reached 207 all out.
Facing just a few overs before stumps on the second day, CW posed some very indecisive cricket with the bat, losing 4 wickets and seeing Goff and Butler dropped to end at 35/4. Butler soldiered on through the morning session of the final day, fighting his way back into form. A declaration came at 136/7, and 57 overs remained for the home team to chase 282.
A steady opening stand of 57 set back the Webheads initially, but the breakthrough of Halsey (the first of 3 wickets) fairly opened the floodgates until the close.